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Drought in South End Sierra Foothills, California

Drought May 1, 2022 – May 31, 2022 · South End Sierra Foothills, California

What the National Weather Service wrote

The South End Sierra Foothills were classified as being in an extreme drought due to a long term precipitation deficit.

The wider storm

May 2022 will go on record as an exceptionally dry month across central California. By the end of the month, nearly all of our area was in an extreme or exceptional drought as most of our area has received less than a third of normal precipitation since July 1, 2020.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1020971. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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